A grill fire spread Wednesday morning and damaged a home in Levittown.
As the homeowners were setting up their backyard grill for summer, a fire started and spread to the porch and into the attic of the residence in the unit block of Quaker Hill Road near Quincy Drive in Middletown’s Levittown section.
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Firefighters rushed to the scene around 9:40 a.m. and extinguished the bulk of the fire in less than 20 minutes.
The two residents suffered non-life-threatening injuries and transported themselves to the hospital for treatment, Fire Marshal Jim McGuire and William Penn Fire Company Deputy Chief Jim Bampfield said.
The house was “significantly” damaged in the accidental blaze, the fire marshal said. Bampfield added that the American Red Cross will be assisting the residents.
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Crews from the Fairless Hills, Levittown No. 2, Newport, Newportville, Third District, and William Penn fire companies along with Middletown Fire and Emergency Management responded to the call. The Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad was also on the scene.
